The Cloud Gives Microsoft Huge Profits

Microsoft released its third quarter (Q3) earnings earlier today for fiscal year 2014 (FY14). This is the first quarter under new CEO Satya Nadella. The earnings report contained a number of interesting pieces of the enterprise side of Microsoft is doing.

All this contributed to commercial revenue of $12.23 billion, up 7%. Compare this to Devices and Consumer with revenue of $8.30 billion (up 12%). The enterprise and cloud business remains highly profitable for Microsoft.